Lu Si spent a very leisurely and happy time in Qingcheng, and after the summer solstice, Lu Si received the latest order from the military department, his marriage leave was over, and Lu Si and a squadron of lancers went to the hundreds of miles long line between Shangyi Fort and Kaiping to suppress the bandits. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shortly before the summer, Zhao and Rong felt that their time was running out, and presided over the wedding of their granddaughter and Lu Si.

Compared with Zhang Ziming and other Qingcheng Han merchants who took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to expand the family industry, Zhao and Rong's decision made the Zhao family almost completely lose its influence among the Han merchants in the grassland, and the family property also shrank by nearly half...... This is to avoid disaster, and the Zhao family is still very happy in the delivery of the industry, because it is related to the life of the entire family, and it is an important matter of life and death.

After a few months of precipitation and differentiation, the Han merchants regained their positioning, Zhang Ziming and other Han businessmen were responsible for the trade and trading of Yusheng on the grassland, whether it was the Han people or the Beisheng, they still had to live and buy things, and Yusheng had completed the layout of the monopoly merchants on the grassland, when there was a horse market before, dozens of large and small military forts along the border were traded to the Beiyu, and the scale of a horse market may be more than 100,000 taels of silver, and now the horse market is cut off, and the Beiyu suffered very heavy losses in the war with Yusheng, but the war stopped, Tribes of all sizes have to lick their wounds and continue to live, and the herdsmen still need tea bricks, cloth, medicinal herbs, all kinds of groceries, and the most important food brought from the mainland.

He Yusheng has several branches in the grassland, each branch has a business division, and each director is responsible for a large area of the northern captivity, in fact, even when the war is at its most intense, the trade everywhere has not completely stopped, when the war is basically over, the herdsmen who were separated by the wives of the lancers regrouped, and repacked their homes with the unique tenacity of the grassland people, the wounds may take many years to heal, but life still has to go on, and caravans from all over the country have reappeared everywhere in the grassland.

Of course, compared with a few years ago, there is no force on the grassland that dares to openly target Heyusheng's caravans, including the various places on the border of the Ming Dynasty where smuggling was extremely rampant, and the smuggling of large trading houses and medium-sized merchants has been completely stabbed to death.

The horse thieves everywhere have been almost wiped out, and after many successive wars, many herdsmen's homes have been destroyed, and they have become the main source of new horse thieves.

The Han people in the nine sides are also one of the sources of horse thieves in the grassland, especially in the past few years, the disaster in northern Shaanxi and Gansu has been serious, the imperial court not only did not provide relief, but also increased the collection of Liao salary, and the military salary also stopped from time to time, a large number of Han people fled to the plug, among which there are some brave and ruthless fugitives, and there are also some fugitives in the border army, these people can not hunt and graze on the grassland for a living, their way of survival is robbery.

Horse thieves are not afraid of power, they were originally the challengers of power, after the summer, the horse thieves in various places became more and more noisy, the military division did not mobilize too many soldiers in front, but gathered the rear soldiers on duty and on leave, formed a temporary squadron and cavalry company, dispersed, and suppressed bandits everywhere on the grassland divided into a grid shape.

After receiving the military order, Lu Si did not dare to slack off, the military department limited it to seven days to report, from Qingcheng to Shangyi Fort to gallop on horseback also took about four days, that is to say, he could not delay a little time, if he encountered an accident on the way, it was likely to make him miss the deadline, although the crime would not be as late as Qin Fa and beheaded, but it would definitely affect Lu Si's future in the army.

"Brother Zhang."

"Brother Lu."

Both lancers greeted each other with a military salute on their horses, and both faces were under twenty years of age, and they were both equally heroic.

The difference is that there is some indelible stubbornness in Lu Si's eyes, while Zhang Yansheng is a little more shrewd.

Among the two, Lu Si is a squadron-level sergeant major, he is already a veteran of the lancers, and he has made great contributions, and has been rewarded with the highest level of excellence, which is a big addition to Lu Si's career, he can become a sergeant major, and get a ticket to study at the official school after the fall, of course, thanks to the help of that medal.

Zhang Yansheng is already the leader of the spear squadron.

He was young, but he enlisted in the army very early, and he also experienced many major battles, and worked in the chamberlain department for a while, because of his excellent cultural background, he mainly studied military science and officer skills in the official school, and graduated in a few months, and was directly awarded the position of captain of the lancer squadron.

There are also many people who say that Zhang Yansheng's promotion is because of his father's status, and these rumors inevitably spread to Zhang Yansheng's ears.

"I hope we have a good time together." Zhang Yansheng said to Lu Si: "I have known Brother Lu for a long time. ”

Lu Sidao: "We should still have a company commander, and when the time comes, we will act according to orders, and the squadron affairs will of course be issued by Squadron Leader Zhang, and I, as a sergeant major, will be responsible for implementation, please rest assured Brother Zhang on this point." ”

The two young men who were less than twenty years old were already experienced, and their attitudes were very strict when they discussed the affairs of the army in a serious manner.

Zhang Yansheng was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, and said in his heart: It is said that the highest medal in the army of Lu Si was picked up, and I think it is about the same, there is no sharpness at all, and when I came up, I wanted to obey orders. Of course, obedience is necessary for my generation of soldiers, but wouldn't it be better if we could make our own decisions and establish meritorious deeds on the grassland?

The two men wore gray cloaks to shield themselves from the sun, and began to ride their horses south.

Along the way, there are no longer barren and lonely grasslands, but large cotton fields, almost invisible at a glance, the white cotton is almost hanging on the ridges, and a large number of captured herdsmen and men recruited from the interior are picking cotton.

Approaching the mouth of the Little Black River, both of them stopped their horses and looked at the battlefield for a long time.

People feel that the war has passed for a long time, but many traces of the war can still be seen on the battlefield at the ferry, and the craters from the shells are the most obvious.

Some of the discarded armor battles were thrown directly on the ground, and when the horses passed by, you could see the discarded knives and iron spears, the decayed unqualified iron helmets, and the remains of the war horses in the knee-high grass.

A large number of grain fields were planted near the river, mostly sweet potatoes and beans, and the farmland was lush and green, and from time to time there were military officers passing by with a large group of people, most of whom were going to the cotton fields to pick cotton, and some simple roads were opened everywhere, and people walked on the ridges, looking at the two young cavalrymen passing by with curious eyes.

It is easy to cross the estuary, which is the season of high water at this time of summer, and the current is fast, and you can see the white splash of water in the river on the bank, and there are obvious swimming fish swimming in the river.

The military secretary built several pontoon bridges at the ferry, and Zhang Yansheng and Lu Si got off their mounts and led their horses across the trembling pontoon bridge.

They arrived at Fort Shangyi five days later and joined their men.

When they arrived at Fort Shangyi, they learned that because the entire squadron was drawn from vacation or various departments, they would be stationed in the fort for a week, and wait for the cavalry to become familiar with the officers at all levels, and the officers generally recognized and had a preliminary understanding of their subordinates before going into battle.

The next day, Zhang Yansheng and Lu Si discussed ways to understand and familiarize themselves with each other.

The entire squadron consisted of fifty-six people, four squads, squadron leader, deputy squadron leader, squadron sergeant, secretary of military orders, military administration and military law, quartermaster and other officers, and under the convening of Zhang Yansheng, the entire squadron began to hunt near Fort Shangyi.

By the third day, Zhang Yansheng felt that the situation of the entire squadron was almost touched.

The deputy squadron leader is in his thirties, but he does not have a lot of combat experience, this person is selected from the horse thieves, and after working as a cavalry for a while, he returned to Li Zhuang as a riding instructor, and then entered the official school to study, and was transferred to this squadron soon after graduation.

The rest of the military and military judges were experienced veterans, but they had not been officers for a long time.

This is also the status quo of the Heyusheng Merchant Army...... There is a lot of fresh blood, there is a lot of room for promotion, as long as you are willing to get ahead, you have the opportunity to go up.

In the words of later generations, the class has not yet been solidified, and everyone has a chance.

Of course, the youngest are Zhang Yansheng and Lu Si, but Zhang Yansheng doesn't have a good feeling for Lu Si, he feels that Lu Si is a little too restrained and conservative.

The squadron met in a small Buddhist temple outside the fort, the herdsmen and the people, including the army, have a lot of people who believe in Buddhism, in order to consolidate the influence of Buddhism in the grassland, the military department is still willing to spend money on the construction of the Buddhist temple, the temple is not big, by noon the whole squadron are gathered inside and outside the Buddhist temple, there are several herdsmen kneeling in the courtyard to worship the Buddha statue, and several other people are shoveling forage for the horses, this is a group of mares raised by the military division for the herdsmen, all of them are the best of the best horses, and the breeding is also the best to find the best stallions to match, This is one of a series of actions by the Department of Agriculture to improve horse breeds, but it is not known how long it will take to bear fruit.

The smell of grass fills the Buddhist temple grounds, and most of the horses eat essence, but grass and alfalfa feeding are also essential.

Shortly after the foals were born, they were screaming and struggling to feed on the mares' milk and water.

Most of the horses were tended by captured herdsmen, who were also a group of people who were held for a short period of time and returned home in the autumn. However, many people said that they wanted to stay, and it was easy for the shepherds to do the work of caring for the horses, and the shepherds here felt like a dream, and most of them were willing to stay.

When the cavalry came in, the shepherds stood aside with wooden forks, and some of them couldn't help but bow down.

The war had been fought for a long time, and it still seemed like a nightmare to these shepherds.

The courtyard was filled with soldiers from He Yusheng, dressed in gray military uniforms, carrying firecrackers on their backs, gunpowder and bullet skins on both sides of the saddle, weapons or water bladders of different lengths on the other side, and marching quilts tied to the tail of their horses. They packed the small courtyard to the brim, and the breath of the mounts emitted bursts of heat, filling the temple with a special smell of horse odor and horse manure.

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